Sad-iron.



A. L. $TONE. SAD IRON.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 6, 1912.

1,068, 186, Patented July 22, 1913.

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ALBERT L STONE, O13 PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOB OF ONE-HALF TO JOSEPH E. PEREIRA, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

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lie it known that l, yinmnrr l). S'roNn, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Sad l ron, of which the following is a spn-cilication.

My invention consists ot a sad iron having within the body thereof a device adapted to deflect the heat of the burner from the top plate of the iron so as to prevent said plate and consequently the handle of the iron from being severely heated.

lit consists also of details of construction as will be hereinatter described and pointed out in the claims.

The intention is satisiiactorily illustrated in the accompanying drawing, but the important instriunentalities thereof may be varied, and so it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the specific arrangement and organization shown and described.

Figure 1 represents a vertical section of a sad iron embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a bottom plan view of the top member of the iron. Fig. 8 represents a plan View of the body of the iron, the same being partly broken away to show one of the openings employed tor lighting the burner.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Heifer-ring to the drawings: 1 designates the body oi the irorn the same being hollow and containing the burner pipe 2, which latter is adapted to be supplied with gas as usual in such cases said pipe having openings 3, therein forming gas jets whereby when the same are ignited the body will be ettectively heated by the flames thereof especially the bottom for ironing purposes.

5 designates the top plate of the iron, the same being superimposed on the body 1 and secured thereto by the screws 6 and 7, the screw 6 passing through an opening in said plate into the threaded opening 8 in the nose 9 of the body, and the screw 7 passing through an opening in said plate into the threaded opening 10, in the boss 11., at the heel end of said body.

Suspended from the plate 5 is the dia phragm 12 which as will be seen occupies a Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 6, 1912.

Patent-ed July 22, 1913.

Serial No. 708,047.

position in the body between the burner pipe 2 and the plate 5 and so is removed somewhat from the latter by an intervening space 13, said diaphragm serving as a detlector of heat will he hereinafter more fully described. Said diaphragm is secured in position by means of the spacing collars 14 which are interposed between the top oi. said diaphragm and the underside of the plate 5 and rests solidly thereagainst, the screw bolts 15 which are passed through the plate 5, the openings in the collars 1 t, openings in the diaphragm and the nuts to which are fitted on the lower ends of the bolts to and tightened against the underside of the diaphragm. lhe bolts are also employed to connect the handle 17 to the plate 5. For this purpose, the :trame 18 which is connected with the ends oi? the grip of said handle has its base 19 provided with openings through which the upper portions ot said bolts 15 are passed, the heads of the bolts resting on the upper side of said base, eonsequently, when the nuts 1.6 are tightened the diaphragm 12, the frame 18, and the top plate 5 are bound together and firmly connected as one, and said parts may be withdrawn together from the body 1, the screws 7, 6 being previously removed. interposed between the base 19 and plate 5 are the washers 20, the bolts 15 passing through said washers, the latter serving to prevent direct contact of the handle frame 18 with said plate 5.

It will be seen that as the heat generated by the burner impinges directly against: the bottom 4t of the body 1, and so etleetiyely heats the same, the products oit' combustion while also heating the sides of the body reach the diaphragm and are deflected laterally by the same and directed to the outlets 21 in the sides of the body 1, thus avoiding material heating of the top plate 5 and consequently the handle 17. As the base 19 of the handle frame is raised above the top plate 5 and held thereat by the washers '21. the space intervening between said plate and base allows the air to circulate under said base thus assisting in preventing said frame from becoming heated to material extent and so the handle grip is in comparatively cool condition. It will be soon also that the rear edge oi? the diaphragm has an opening or recess therethrough so as to embrace freely the boss 11, and so bring said rear end close to the rear wall of the body, thus avoiding as much as possible, the direct ascent of the heat of the burner to the rear portion of said top plate, which isv be low the wrist of the ironer when the latter grasps the handle of the iron, thus relieving the wrist of excessive heat. Then, the front portion of said diaphragm has an upwardly extending limb so that the forward draft of the products of combustion due to the air inlets in the rear wall of the iron is directed upwardly so that said products of combustion quickly reach the openings in the sides of the body of the iron just below the top plate thereof and escape thereat, thus increasing the draft and causing a more perfect combustion of gas within the body thereby effectively heating the sides and bottom of the iron by the burner. Again, as the diaphragm is engaged by the screws 15 and tightened by the nuts 16 and its heel end abuts against the contiguous wall of the heel of the body of the iron, all possible rattling of said diaphragm is avoided, especially when said diaphragm wears away around its screw openings and heel ends due to the harsh usage to which the iron is subj ected, it may be tightened up, when the wall of the opening that receives the boss 11 will ride freely upwardly on said boss while it lockingly engages with the latter.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a sad iron, a hollow body, a plate adapted to close the top of said body, a deflector in said body suspended from said plate, a handle frame on said plate, a collar interposed between said deflector and plate, a bolt passing through said deflector, collar and plate, and also through said handle frame, and a tightening nut on said bolt, said deflect-or having on its front end an up wardly extending limb, and said body having in its side an outlet adjacent to said limb.

2. In a sad iron, a hollow body having a nose and a forwardly projecting boss opposite thereto, said boss and nose having threaded openings therein, and a burner in said body, in combination with a deflector which is suspended in said body over said burner, a bolt adapted to connect said deflector with said body, said deflector having its heel end adapted to engage the rear wall of said body and provided with a recess whose wall is adapted to embrace said boss, a plate adapted to cover the top of said body, said plate having in its opposite ends openings in alinement with those in said boss and nose, and screws in the respective alined openings.

ALBERT L. STONE. lVitnesses JOHN A. lVIEDERSi-IEIM, N. BUSSINGER.

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